Originally Posted by
SilvioDante
Quick show of hands.... Who is the exact same person they were in 1984? Who looks the same and acts the same? Anyone?
I just don't understand what people are expecting? Dave is 57! My dad was retired and sitting around the house doing nothing at 57. Dave, along with Ed and Al, are going around the country and playing a near 2 hour concert every 3rd night or so. That to me deserves and demands my respect. Not to mention they have lived a lot of life since '84. Rehab, cancer, rehab, divorces, rehab, arrests, rehab, failed careers choices, rehab. All of that has to change you.
These guys are different now, and so am I. Like I said in an earlier thread, I would love Dave to come running out on stage one night and say, "Oh my God! You guys have gotten old and fat. You boobs are sagging. You have lost all your hair. You don't scream for us like you use to. We're leaving, come on guys. Let's go home."
One more quick note on the goofiness. I was proud to take my 16 yr. old daughter to the show in Nashville. The only concerts she has ever seen were the Flavor-o'-the-Month boy groups and Taylor Swift. After about the 5th song she leans over and says "Dave sound kinda like the record. Better than I thought he would". As the show went one, I would look over at her and see her reaction to Dave's hijinks and she was smiling. Finally, when Dave pulled out the checkered flag, I looked at her and she was laughing. I asked her what was wrong. She said "I don't get it, that's stupid." I said, "It made you smile. I doesn't have to mean anything. You DO get it". She smiled and agreed.
As an earlier poster said, you either get Dave or you don't. I'm gald I do or else I'd have to listen to Daughtry or Nickleback or some crap like that....